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Today’s contestants:
Margaret Brecknell, a writer from Lancashire
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Dan Afshar, an events manager from Kingston upon Thames
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Abby Hallett, an alumni relations officer from Berkshire (4-day total: £12,075)
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Andy’s Pre-Game Thoughts:
Both UK and US versions of the show currently have 4-day returning champions; normalizing Abby’s winnings thus far to a 54,000-unit board like the American version has, Abby Hallett leads Josh Weikert 62,100 to 59,202. Today, over in Dear Old Blighty, Abby goes for victory #5 against Kingston upon Thames’s Dan Afshar and Lancashire’s Margaret Brecknell.
In the aftermath of yesterday’s game, I’ve learned that the consolation prize is £100 for second place—though, unlike the American version, the contestant’s travel expenses get covered on British shows, a different proposition than American regular play, where the $2,000 and $3,000 given to players for second and third are intended to cover the trip. While the £100 for second place shouldn’t affect the wagering calculus, as it is still in your best interests to play for the win even if you put your chances of victory at 1%, it appears to have done so yesterday.
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Final Jeopardy category: African Geography
Final Jeopardy clue: The city of Asmara is the capital of this East African country
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! UK today? Here’s the Thursday, March 27, 2025 Jeopardy! UK by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round #1:
(Categories: Call The Cops!; Send Me A “DM”; Film Taglines; Badly Described Tourist Attractions; Equal To One Imperial Unit; Time Magazine Covers; “Colourful” Language)
Dan had the run of the buzzer first, but Abby got in plenty early on as well. Dan found the Daily Double, but lost £150 on an incorrect response. Dan had 16 correct in the round, but Abby still led after 35 clues.
Statistics after Jeopardy Round #1:
Abby 14 correct 1 incorrect
Dan 16 correct 3 incorrect
Margaret 2 correct 0 incorrect
Scores after Jeopardy! Round #1:
Abby £925
Dan £800
Margaret £125
Today’s interviews:
Margaret is a freelance nonfiction writer, usually history-based.
Dan worked as an electrician at Buckingham Palace as a teenager.
Abby contacts ex-students; wants to spend her winnings on a trip to New England.
Jeopardy! Round #2:
(Categories: Back In Fashion; A Day At The Beach; Get “Over” It; Star Names; Drag Stars; Bugs!; Christmas No. 1s)
Margaret found the Daily Double very early, but fell back to £0 with an incorrect response. Abby had the best round, picking up £1,050 worth of correct responses to continue to lead.
Statistics after Jeopardy Round #2:
Abby 30 correct 1 incorrect
Dan 24 correct 4 incorrect
Margaret 5 correct 1 incorrect
Scores after Jeopardy! Round #2:
Abby £1,975
Dan £1,400
Margaret £225
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Infamous Losses; Agatha Christie; Foreign Secretary: Name The PM; Pot Luck: Food & Drink; For E-V-A; The Man Who…)
Abby found DD3 early in the round, losing £400 on an incorrect response. Dan went for a conservative £200 on the last one and his correct response brought him to within £25 of Abby. With 16 clues and £2,250 left on the board, the scores were Dan £2,300 Abby £2,225 Margaret £325. Coming out of the break, Dan gave a couple of incorrect responses, handing the lead back to Abby going into Final.
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Abby 37 correct 2 incorrect
Dan 33 correct 8 incorrect
Margaret 12 correct 4 incorrect
Scores going into Final:
Abby £2,375
Dan £2,000
Margaret £675
Final Jeopardy correct response: What is Eritrea?
Everyone was correct in Final Jeopardy, which could have been advantage Abby. But she didn’t bet enough in Final Jeopardy—and that makes Dan your new champion!
Tonight’s results:
Margaret £675 + £675 = £1,350 (What is Eritrea?)
Dan £2,000 + £2,000 = £4,000 (What is Eritrea?) (1-day total: £4,000)
Abby £2,375 + £1,500 = £3,875 (What is Eritrea?)
Daily Double locations:
1) TIME MAGAZINE COVERS £125 (clue #15)
Dan 275 -150 (Abby 850 Margaret 100)
2) A DAY AT THE BEACH £100 (clue #2)
Margaret 125 -125 (Abby 925 Dan 800)
3) POT LUCK: FOOD & DRINK £150 (clue #3)
Abby 2125 -400 (Dan 1400 Margaret 225)
4) AGATHA CHRISTIE £200 (clue #11, £3300 left on board)
Dan 1850 +200 (Abby 2075 Margaret 225)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -163
Game Stats:
Dan £2,150 Coryat, 33 correct, 8 incorrect, 35.64% in first on buzzer (36/101), 3/3 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Abby £2,775 Coryat, 37 correct, 2 incorrect, 35.64% in first on buzzer (36/101), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 9 rebound opportunities)
Margaret £800 Coryat, 12 correct, 4 incorrect, 12.87% in first on buzzer (13/101), 1/2 on rebound attempts (on 8 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: £5,725
Lach Trash: £3,125 (on 20 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): £1,650
Lead Changes: 4
Times Tied: 1
Abby Hallett, career statistics:
211 correct, 21 incorrect
11/14 on rebound attempts (on 35 rebound opportunities)
40.40% in first on buzzer (204/505)
5/9 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: £500)
1/5 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: £3,475
Dan Afshar, career statistics:
34 correct, 8 incorrect
3/3 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
35.64% in first on buzzer (36/101)
1/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: £50)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: £2,150
Margaret Brecknell, career statistics:
13 correct, 4 incorrect
1/2 on rebound attempts (on 8 rebound opportunities)
12.87% in first on buzzer (13/101)
0/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -£125)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: £800
Andy’s Thoughts:
- That was another surprising outcome to me.
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: Abby £2,375 Dan £2,000 Margaret £675)
Abby: Standard cover bet over Dan is £1,626. (Actual bet: £1,500)
Dan: Bet no more than £649 to keep Margaret locked out. However, if you don’t think Abby will bet to cover, then going all in is a viable strategy. (Actual bet: £2,000)
Margaret: You have to be correct to have a chance of winning. You might as well go all in to have a chance. (Actual bet: £675)
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I would like to apologize for any retroactive jinxing that was done yesterday… oops!
I can’t believe it happened almost exactly like in the game you described!
My first thought had been Ethiopia (which I now know Eritrea split off from), but then remembered I knew its capital was Addis Ababa. I had my thinking on Eritrea backward [as in it existed in Biblical times but not now] because of having heard that the language Eritrean has been used in translating ancient Bibles. So I just made a stab at guessing Madagascar. Now that I know its capital does begin with an ‘A’ and has more ‘a’s within it, I wonder if I’d actually heard its name before, making Asmara sound kind of good for it.
I was similar… narrowed it down to “countries I can’t name the capital of” and guessed Burundi. That’s really interesting about the history of the country and its language, I didn’t know any of it.
Incidentally, I recognise Dan as the captain of the team that finished second in last year’s series of Only Connect, the “Also-Rans”. That team comprised of the three beaten finalists from a previous series of Mastermind. Not an also-ran any more!